Ezra Sherman

1888 - 1970  (81 years)

• Name	Ezra Sherman
  Birth	9 Sep 1888	Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Apr 1970	Harris Co, Texas
  Notes	A sea captain by trade, Ezra made his first trip on a ship when he was 7 years old. He traveled with his father on a charcoal schooner from Chambers Co to Galveston. At the age of 12, Ezra went to work as a cook on a coastwise schooner in which his brother was the captain. In 1914 he was living in Galveston. He was later in the tugboat business in Port Arthur and by 1920 was working on the Houston Ship Channel. He made history in 1922 when he brought the first ship up the cannel without a tug and later brought the first one up at night.
  Person ID	I6372	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Leverett Sylvester Sherman,   b. Jul 1848, St.Louis, St. Louis Co, Missouri d. 1 Sep 1914, Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Ada Clough,   b. 8 Jun 1860, Texas d. 28 Jan 1922, Harris Co, Texas (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	19 Dec 1877	Liberty, Liberty Co, Texas
  Family ID	F2419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 9 Sep 1888 - Anahuac, Chambers Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth